Meet September's Featured Knights!



Senior of the Month:  Dylan Mason

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    Dylan is currently singing in both Ars Nova and Court Choir.  At LSE, he has also been in Singing Knights and Excalibur, and has performed in three musicals:  Beauty and the Beast, Seussical, and Into the Woods.  Before LSE, he attended Sheridan Elementary and Irving Middle School.
    Dylan's parents are Todd and Trista Smith and Eric and Jen Mason.  He has two younger siblings.  He is also interested in Theater.

What do you like about singing in choir?
   
I love the final product when everything gels together.  After that, then all the hard work is worth it.

Name some of your favorite things, people, and/or places:
   
I love to travel, sing, work, and learn.

What is something you'd like to improve in your world?
   
I want to become a music teacher and help kids that wouldn't have an opportunity otherwise.


Junior of the Month:  Kasey Bose

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    Kasey is currently in Court Choir.  At LSE, she has also been in Singing Knights and Excalibur.  Before LSE, she attended Humann Elementary and Pound Middle School.  She has been in Church choir since first grade, plays piano, and used to play the clarinet.
    Kasey's parents are Debra and Larry Bose, and she has two sisters named Katie and Carrie.  She works at Walgreens and has a dog named Toby.  Besides singing, she plays varsity softball at LSE, and also plays summer softball.

What do you like about singing in choir?
   
I love to see my voice grow and to see others grow around me.  I also love meeting everyone in the choir.

Name some of your favorite things, people, and/or places:
   
Softball, my friends, Church youth group, singing, and California and New Mexico.

What is something you'd like to improve in your world?
   
Something I would like to improve in this world would be to slowly decrease the number of hungry children in the U.S. and around the world.


Sophomore of the Month:  Mike Raymer

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    Mike is in Excalibur this year, and was in Singing Knights last year.  Before LSE, he attended Pound Middle School, where he sang in the Eighth Grade choir.
    Mike's mom, Lori, works at the post office, and his dad works at Windstream.  Mike has one brother and two cats, Anakin and Piwackit.  His hobbies include collecting Pez dispensers and Star Wars Legos.

What do you like about singing in choir?
   
I like to sing.  It feels good to express yourself through music.

Name some of your favorite things, people, and/or places:
   
Family, friends, Egypt, Greece, and my two cats.

What is something you'd like to improve in your world?
   
My singing.

Anything else you'd like people to know about you?
   
I love oldies music from the 60's, 70's, and 80's.  I also love to see musicals from the 70's and 80's like Tommy, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Pink Floyd's The Wall, and Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.  I also like some disco by the Bee Gee's!!


Freshman of the Month:  Amy Puckett

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    Amy is in Singing Knights.  Before this year, she went to Hartley Elementary, then Culler for 6th and 7th grades, and Pound for 8th grade.  She plays the clarinet and tenor sax, and has been in school and church choirs, as well as in four Church musicals.
    Amy's mom, Bev, is a dietary supervisor/jewelry salesperson.  Her dad is a custodian.  Amy has no siblings, but has four cockatiels named Honey, Lindsay, Sweetie Pie, and Sunflower (Squishy).  She loves music all around, and also paints and loves to shop.  Her work experience includes detasseling.

What do you like about singing in choir?
   
It is relaxing.  I love music, and to sing.

Name some of your favorite things, people, and/or places:
   
Malls, music, painting, Zac Effron, and Cody Linley.

What is something you'd like to improve in your world?
   
Stop polluting.

Anything else you'd like people to know about you?
   
I love taking notes.  I'm organized.  I'm lost without my cell phone and planner.